Just wanted to chime in with my opinion... but first... everything don said I agree with.

Felipe and Sarah have been very good to me. I dont make many retail purchases because I was fortunate enough to get a few wonderful deals from great hobbists and my tanks about as full as its going to get, but the few retail purchases I've made from FA have been great. I wanted to buy an FA pink birdsnest but it was on ebay so I couldnt buy it. Felipe (having only met me once before) remembered me wanting a birdsnest and saved me one with a crab hosting in it. Now thats personal service!!! That birdsnest is doing great in my tank today. He also saved me from buying a poor coral a week later.

I think eBay has many positives... I'm not going to debate the price issue of ebay. There are just to many variables, i.e. if I were living in a town without a LFS I would pay far more than I do living in a town with several choice of great stores like SA or Austin. FA online is providing a service and if FA can make a few bucks doing it, well... thats the american way... go for it FA

just my opinion...